Also see courses listed under Broadcasting, Film Studies, Journalism, and Speech.
COMM 1, Survey of Mass Media Communications 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4G (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None.
This course introduces aspects of communications and the impact of mass media on the individual and society. The survey includes newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cable, motion pictures, online media, advertising, public relations, theories of communication, and mass communication modes, processes and effects.
1426 8:00a-9:20a TTh LS 152 Rosenberg V L
1427 11:15a-12:35p MW AET 120 Mitchell S V
Above section 1427 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
1428 11:15a-12:35p TTh BUNDY 127 Obsatz S B
Above section 1428 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
1429 12:45p-2:05p MW AET 203 Mitchell S V
Above section 1429 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
1430 12:45p-2:05p MW BUNDY 127 Brewer S L
Above section 1430 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
1431 12:45p-2:05p TTh LS 110 Munoz M E
1432 2:15p-3:35p TTh LS 110 Munoz M E
1433 3:55p-5:15p MW LS 106 Riggs L E
1434 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Brewer S L
Above section 1434 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. Go to smconline.org for details.
1435 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Brewer S L
Above section 1435 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. Go to smconline.org for details.
1436 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Brewer S L
Above section 1436 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. Go to smconline.org for details.
4100 6:45p-9:50p M LS 117 Riggs L E
4101 6:45p-9:50p Th LS 106 Simmons R D
NEW 4513 6:45p-9:50p T LS 106 Simmons R D
COMM 2, Reading Media: Acquiring Media Literacy Skills 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course will acquaint students with the inquiry process as applied to electronic and print media texts from sources such as television, radio, film, podcasting, World Wide Web sites and video games. Students will gain the necessary skills to understand their multi-media world and its many layers of meanings and messages. Students will learn to “read” and design visual, as well as print messages through the processes of analysis, deconstruction and decoding. This course is designed to meet Information Competency guidelines.
1451 12:45p-3:50p T LS 106 Pernisco N
COMM 10, Journalism, Gender, and Race 3 units
Transfer: UC (meets UC Berkeley American Cultures graduation requirement); CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social and Behavior Sciences) • Prerequisite: None.
This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship requirement.
This multimedia course is an overview of print and broadcast journalism in the United States from World War I to the present. Using readings from selected texts, old newsreels, clips from movies, radio and television broadcasts as well as period literature, students will analyze and debate the changes in journalists and journalism with particular focus on social class, gender and ethnicity. Critical thinking will be stressed in this course.
1437 8:00a-9:20a TTh LS 117 Pernisco N
1438 8:00a-11:05a MW LS 117 Gougis M J
Above section 1438 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 31 to Oct 21.
1439 8:00a-11:05a MW LS 117 Gougis M J
Above section 1439 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 26 to Dec 16.
1440 9:00a-12:05p F LS 117 Schofield J E
1441 11:15a-12:35p MW BUNDY 240 Horwitz J T
Above section 1441 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
1442 12:45p-2:05p MW BUNDY 240 Horwitz J T
Above section 1442 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066. Above section is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
1444 12:45p-3:50p MW LS 117 Gougis M J
Above section 1444 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 31 to Oct 21.
1443 12:45p-3:50p MW LS 117 Schofield J E
Above section 1443 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 26 to Dec 16.
NEW 3282 12:45p-2:05p MW LS 110 Charles H E
1445 2:15p-3:35p TTh LS 117 Charles H E
1446 3:45p-5:05p TTh LS 117 Charles H E
1447 4:00p-5:20p MW LS 117 Schofield J E
1448 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Munoz M E
Above section 1448 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. Go to smconline.org for details.
1449 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Munoz M E
Above section 1449 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. Go to smconline.org for details.
1450 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Munoz M E
Above section 1450 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. Go to smconline.org for details.
4102 6:45p-9:50p M LA 236 Goldstein Martin M
4103 6:45p-9:50p T LS 117 Martinez L C
4104 6:45p-9:50p W LS 117 Goldstein Martin M
4105 6:45p-9:50p Th LS 117 Goldstein Martin M
COMM 88A, Independent Studies in Communication 1 unit
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
1452 Arrange-1 Hour LS 131E Dawson F R
COMM 88B, Independent Studies in Communication 2 units
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
1453 Arrange-2 Hours LS 131E Dawson F R